The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) wants further research into whether using iodine in livestock feed could pose health problems to meat and dairy product consumers.
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Its FEEDAP Panel on animal feed additives and products is concerned iodine is also consumed through iodine-enriched salt and other food items, tablets, and iodine-enriched beverages. These, it fears, could cause upper consumption limits to be exceeded, set by the World Health Organisation at 1 mg/day for adults, (and lower limits for younger consumers).
A FEEDAP report highlighted a “need for more and updated data on…. the actual impact of iodine supplements in feeds on total iodine dietary intake of humans”.
